H8044: שַׁמְגַּר
Shamgar · pronounced sham-gar' · “Shamgar”
Definition
Shamgar, an Israelite judge
KJV translates it as: Shamgar.
Word origin: of uncertain derivation;
Extended definition
A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.3.31;
son of: Anath (H6067)
§ Shamgar = "sword"
son of Anath and a judge of Israel; with an ox-goad he slew 600 Philistines and delivered Israel
son of: Anath (H6067)
§ Shamgar = "sword"
son of Anath and a judge of Israel; with an ox-goad he slew 600 Philistines and delivered Israel
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8044 is translated
- shamgar ×2
Bible verses with H8044 (Shamgar)
Shamgar appears in 2 verses.
- Judges 3:31
And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
- Judges 5:6
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.